Lamp-extinguisher



(N0 Model.)

W. G. WALTER.

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WILLIE G. VALTER, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

LAMP-EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,489, dated April 8,1884.

Application file-d September'l'i, 1883. (No-model.)

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, V. G. \VALTER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Eenrico andState of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLamp-Extinguishers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and 'use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings. and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1. of the drawings is a representation of this invention,and is atop view. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective. Fig.4 is also a detail in perspective, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the samebefore being bent into shape.

This invention has relation to lamp-extinguishers; and it consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates thecollar, 12 the baseplate, 0 the hinged cap, and d the wick-tube, of alamp-burner.

My object is to provide an attachment for the wiclctubes ofkerosene-lamps whereby the flame may be conveniently and quicklyextingnished without resorting to blowing, which is dangerous and oftencauses explosions of the gas in the oil cup or chamber.

The extinguisher consists of arectangularform open hood, e, attached tothe wick-tube, and adapted to be swung over the flame in close proximityto the wick in the tube to extinguish the flame.

I form a slotted frame, f, to fit over the wick-tube, and provide itwith legs h h, that rest on the base-plate at the ends of the wicktube,and support the frame f sufficiently near the top of the tube topermit'the hood e, which is pivoted to the frame f, to be turned overthe mouth of the wick-tube, for the purpose before explained. The hoodat one end has an inwardly-turned arm, 13, that prevents the hood fromfalling too far back when open, by coming in contact with the front faceof the tube, and also prevents it from passing too far forward whenclosed, by coming in contact with the same face of the wick tube whenclosed. At this same end of the hood, or the other end, if desired, anoperating-wire, 7c, is-

hinged, and passes through a perforation or slot, Z, in the base-plataso that the attachmentmay be operated from the outside of the lamp. Thehinged cap covers the attachment.

The device is cheap, simple, and will effectually extinguish the flameof a lamp. It may be applied to any lamp now in use, or may bemanufactured with the burner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a lampextinguisher, the combination, with the slotted frame f,constructed as de scribed, and provided with the outwardly-inclined legsh h andopposite end journals for the hood, of the rectangular hood 6,having its downward arms perforated -to receive the journals of theframe, and one of the arms provided with the stop 'i, and an eye forreceiving the operating-rod k, the whole adapted to be applied to alamp-burner, substan- WV. 0. WALTER.

itnesses:

THEo. MUNGEN, JOHN D. MoRRow.

